The Labour Party reacted angrily this morning after the Daily Mail republished an article on Ed Miliband’s father entitled “the man who hated Britain”. Mr Miliband wrote in today’s edition of the newspaper, accusing it of smearing his father after its Saturday edition examined the political beliefs of Ralph Miliband, a Marxist academic, and how that had influenced his sons.

The Labour leader tweeted to express his anger about the piece and revealed that the newspaper had agreed to publish his response. However, it also reprinted the original piece with a leading article headlined, “An evil legacy and why we